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Trucks

Trucks

U-TURN, YOU DIE!

19974.51h 39m

Overview

A group of seemingly humanistic trucks takeover a truck stop and starts killing everything in sight. The remaining townsfolk must band together and come up with a way to murder the inanimate objects, a seemingly difficult task considering the abnormal circumstances.

Directed by Chris Thomson
Written by Brian Taggert, Stephen King
Produced by William Wesley, David Bradstreet
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Top Cast

Timothy Busfield

Timothy Busfield

Ray

Brenda Bakke

Brenda Bakke

Hope

Aidan Devine

Aidan Devine

Trucker Bob

Jay Brazeau

Jay Brazeau

Jack

Brendan Fletcher

Brendan Fletcher

Logan

Amy Stewart

Amy Stewart

Abby

Roman Podhora

Roman Podhora

Thad

V

Victor Cowie

George

Sharon Bajer

Sharon Bajer

June

J

Jonathan Barrett

Brad

Themes & Keywords

man vs machinetruckbased on short story

About Trucks

Trucks is a horror, science fiction, thriller, action, tv movie film released in 1997 exploring themes of man vs machine, truck, based on short story. Directed by Chris Thomson, it stars Timothy Busfield, Brenda Bakke, Aidan Devine. A group of seemingly humanistic trucks takeover a truck stop and starts killing everything in sight. The remaining townsfolk must band together and come up with a way to murder the inanimate objects, a seemingly difficult task considering the abnormal circumstances.

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